Archives March 2012

31 March 2012

• NGO to provide free insulin for poor diabetic children
• Baruipur child is polio-free, reports false: Health Ministry

30 March 2012

• Now a genetic test that can be performed at your bedside!
• Cyberplasm: A microbot that can 'see' and 'smell' to detect diseases in the future
• Rub toothpaste on your gum to avoid cavities
• Cancer research and treatment gets a Rs 250 cr boost at Tata Medical Center
• Toilets in Delhi govt schools unusable, unhygienic: CRY
• Is Kim Kardashian's love for high heels healthy?
• Tata Memorial Hospital to start study centre for young cancer patients

29 March 2012

• India's healthcare system hit by lack of nurses
• Your mere presence stirs up 37 million microbes
• UP CM Akhilesh Yadav promises free healthcare for the poor
• Cancer deaths in the US on the decline
• Now a cardiac plug to shield patients during strokes
• Srikon to provide home-based medical treatments
• India doesn't have 63000 drug-resistant TB cases, RNTCP challenges WHO

28 March 2012

• Forget salt and pepper, now you can add real vitamins and minerals to your food!
• What India can learn from Cuba's healthcare system
• Dr Devi Shetty's Narayan Hrudayalaya to help Saudi hospital with telemedicine
• Drinking moderately after heart attack better than abstinence
• People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be slimmer
• Brain makes placebo treatment real
• Unicef says 51% Indians do not use the toilet

27 March 2012

• Indian firm gets US patent for pharma coating
• Autistic kids three times more likely to get bullied
• Obamacare challenge hearing in US Supreme court
• Aspirin can prevent heart attacks
• India gets 120 mn yen (Rs 7.2 cr) from Japan to fight polio
• Grab that tub of popcorn! It's healthier than fruits
• If you sit most of the day, even exercise won't help you lose weight
• Hygiene Hypothesis: Germs, dirt good for your kids' immune system

26 March 2012

• Viruses to take on superbugs?
• Vaccinate chickens to prevent food poisoning
• FDA approval for Alzheimer's drug blasted by experts
• Research says stronger the food aroma, faster the weight loss
• Lalu Prasad hospitalized because of high BP and sugar levels
• Exposure to pollutants during pregnancy can lead to behavioural problems in infants

25 March 2012

• Spreading childhood cancer awareness on cycles

24 March 2012

• World Tuberculosis Day 2012: Govt enlist chemists to check irrational drug use in the fight against TB
• Gene test may allow customized, safe chemotherapy
• Roche Holding plans to launch two blockbuster cut-price cancer drugs in India
• World Tuberculosis Day 2012: Urgent measures needed to control TB
• People living alone twice as likely to be depressed
• Breakthrough: A device that can detect infections quickly
• Gates foundation grants $220 mn to non-profit biotech firm to develop new TB vaccine
• Tuberculosis responsible for 5 lakh deaths in South East Asia every year: WHO

23 March 2012

• Exercise good for your heart, in outer space as well!
• Weight loss won't help teens' self-esteem
• Scientists identify protein responsible for baldness
• Women who eat less meat prone to depression
• India has highest number of MDR-TB cases in South East Asia: WHO (World Tuberculosis Day)

22 March 2012

• Revealed - why getting better feels worse than falling sick
• Enhanced cleavage = increased confidence?
• Food poisoning can make you prone to diabetes, hypertension, arthritis
• Leprosy not 'under control' in Maharashtra anymore

21 March 2012

• Down's syndrome patients can lead a normal life with early intervention
• Painkillers could be responsible for hypertension!
• Sudden fall in BP a bigger killer than high BP!
• Kidney transplants can become easier with second stem cell transplant
• Govt hospital performs its 1000th kidney transplant
• Cases of measles, neonatal tetanus have decreased: Health Minister
• Health Minister promises free drugs at government facilities
• 12.5 lakhs infant deaths in India per year; scenario worse than neighbours: Azad

20 March 2012

• Study: Smoking helps restore self control
• Cancer patients can now 'preserve' their fertility, hope to conceive
• Novel ACR therapy can cure 'buzzing' in ears
• Found - the 'glutton gene' which makes you overeat!

19 March 2012

• Study suggests obese people on sleeping pills likelier to die
• India's first guidelines for physiotherapists by 2014
• Googling disease symptoms the new form of diagnosis
• Children fed on demand have higher IQ
• XCyton Diagnostics develops faster, more accurate diagnostic technology for life-threatening infections
• India bats for generic drugs, seeks African support

18 March 2012

• Yuvraj Singh discharged after third and final cycle of chemotherapy
• Yuvraj's phase of cancer treatment likely to end by 18th March!
• Experts to study cause of bird flu outbreak in Tripura
• A walk a day keeps genetic obesity at bay!

17 March 2012

• White rice can give you type 2 diabetes!
• China to wage war on adulterated food
• Cellphone radiation can affect unborn child's brain, cause ADHD
• What the healthcare industry liked in the budget
• Baby Falak's journey ends with her last rites!

16 March 2012

• Union Budget 2012: With Rs 1,124 cr AIIMS gets max budgetary allocation among hospitals and research institutes
• Union Budget 2012: Cheaper drugs, better health services for the poor
• Union Budget 2012: Better healthcare services for the poor
• Boost to rural health, new initiative to be launched for urban health
• Union Budget 2012: 15850 crore for child devpt, 14000 crore for rural water supply and sanitation
• Union Budget 2012: Malnutrition among top five priorities this year

15 March 2012

• Baby Falak dies of cardiac arrest!
• Indian american physician convicted for healthcare fraud
• Now a faster and more accurate way to detect chikungunya
• Docs save terminally ill two year old who almost succumbed to liver failure
• Regular checkups essential to detect glaucoma (World Glaucoma Week 2012)

14 March 2012

• Cool palms while exercising improves tolerance and cardiovascular fitness
• Union Budget 2012: President promises free generic drugs, 2.5% GDP expenditure on healthcare
• Union Budget 2012: Government to increase expenditure on child health, nutrition
• H.pylori, a bug found in the gut linked to type two diabetes
• 55.5% of all global leprosy cases from India; eradication impossible: Health Minister
• Obstructive sleep apnea linked to heart failure
• WHO officials to conduct more tests on child suspected to have polio
• Trans fatty acid makes you angry and irritable
• Men beware: Fatty diet lowers quality of semen
• Smartphones: The future of medical surveys and data gathering?
• Eating red meat regularly could kill you!
• Union Budget 2012: Industry expectations for healthcare budget and its impact on people
• Gas-filled aspirin: A pill that can fight cancer!

13 March 2012

• Using your weaker hand could help you keep your cool!
• Found - A protein that causes kidney failure!
• Union Budget 2012: Healthcare budget allocation not 2.5% of GDP, as announced earlier

12 March 2012

• Amitabh Bachchan doing well post abdominal surgeries, greets fans outside home
• ADHD drug Ritalin impairs memory and learning in children
• Doctors save youth whose body was pierced by iron rods
• Clot-busting enzyme provides new hope for cancer, stroke and heart patients
• Skipping breakfast makes you stressed and unproductive!
• Get rid of stigma linked to mental disorders: Experts
• Sudinalaya - A home for mentally ill women

11 March 2012

• Bird flu visits Tripura again
• Interpretation of your cholesterol levels may be wrong, warns cardiologist
• Chronic stress leads to poor thinking and memory
• Can deleting the Nf1 gene make you smarter?
• Now monitor your BP, heart rate with a bluetooth app
• Renal denervation therapy: A cure for hypertension?
• Personality determined by how the heart beats?
• Should India increase tax on cigarettes like China?
• Now fight jet lag with anti jet lag headsets!
• Docs refuse after 200 plastic surgeries on 20 year old woman!
• Mumbai Holi horror - here's who and what caused it!
• Liver transplant saves cancer-hit infant's life

10 March 2012

• Bihar send bird flu SOS to centre
• Arthritis increases risk of heart disease by 40%
• Single dose of LSD lowers relapse among alcoholics
• One more critical in Dharavi Holi horror!

09 March 2012

• "I'm old, I'm fat, I'm happy!"
• Cancer drug Vorinostat 'flushes' out HIV virus (research)
• Mom's sounds could save premature babies!
• Depressed? A weak current could zap you out of your blues!
• 11 types of cancer can benefit from new aspirin compound!
• Amitabh Bachchan getting stronger, better
• John Abraham supports sperm donation with 'Vicky donor'
• Sonam Kapoor giving her dietician a tough time!
• The Holi horror update: 13 year old dead, 235 in hospital
• Can Coca Cola, Pepsi cause cancer?
• 13 year old dies due to toxic colours, 240 in hospital
• Awareness about organ transplantation can save lots of lives
• Now - a phone scanner that detects E. coli in leftover food
• All-terrain wheelchair with tracks instead of wheels to give disabled increased mobility

08 March 2012

• 14 miscarriages later, woman gives birth!
• Revealed - Cancer is deadly because of the genetics involved
• Heart drug (Propranolol) can make you less racist!
• Men can now blame their genes for their aggression!
• Cervical cancer top killer in women's cancers in India
• Pregnant women must exercise to prevent backaches later!

07 March 2012

• Ambition, success not the path to happiness
• Personality changes key to happiness
• New AIDS vaccine (Teravac-HIV-1) being tested
• Weight loss supplements useless, harmful in the long run
• A quarter of the cancer patients might be dying due to denial
• Fighting obesity without exercise or healthy diet possible? (Research)
• 'For women, toilets more important than mobiles' (Women's Day Special 2012)
• Multitasking women, watch your health (Women's Day Special 2012)
• Omega 3 fats in cheese,curd and milk makes you smarter!

06 March 2012

• Now a pill that'll make alcoholics drink less!
• Delhi CM Sheila Dixit worried about rise in cancer deaths
• Mizoram government to clamp down on drug abuse and tobacco use
• You could be 'addicted' to ice-cream!
• Ivabradine (Coralan in India) cuts death rate by heart failure by 39%
• Music de-stresses, gives positive outlook
• Can Vitamin D benefit uterine fibroids?
• Food appears tastier when you're hungry
• Scientists decode virus that causes brain swelling and paralysis in children
• RML Hospital Delhi to be re-developed in the next five years

05 March 2012

• Death delivered to your doorstep!
• Found - Why 'night owls' don't get affected by caffeine!
• Vitamin D deficiency responsible for infertility!
• New health threat to Americans!
• The secret to a good night's sleep finally found!
• Neither gyms nor diet, but recession helped people shed pounds (Study)
• A new pacemaker to be powered by the heartbeat itself!
• Antibiotic for acne to help schizophrenics? (Research)

04 March 2012

• Exposure to diesel fumes linked to lung cancer (Study)
• Get fit in your 20s to avoid heart problems in the 40s
• Teens' unhealthy lifestyle cause for their unhappiness (Research)

03 March 2012

• Pakistan hope to pick up polio fighting tips from neighbours India
• Pop Vitamin A pills daily to prevent skin cancer!
• Diet soft drinks linked to heart attacks, diabetes and high blood pressure
• Premature babies have higher risk of poor health
• People sleep better as they get older
• Now a drug to protect your brains during strokes

02 March 2012

• You need both halves of the brain for problem solving!
• Are you forgetful? Here's how memory training can help!
• Patch useless as nicotine replacement therapy for pregnant women!
• Type 2 diabetes risk increases with excess selenium
• Get fit with Diana Hayden's new book on fitness and grooming!
• TAVI - 'No-surgery' implants for heart patients now in India!
• Heart disease and cancer risk increases with sedentary lifestyle
• Tobacco awareness course for Maharashtra school kids

01 March 2012

• Drug inhibits enzyme that causes Alzheimer's
• Good news! India to double healthcare spends
• Inconsistent parenting leads to anti-social kids
• Kids battle rare immune disorder with their own stem cells
• Migration affecting health of urban slum kids, says UNICEF
• How stress helps you stay happy
• Impulsive kids hooked to gaming
• Blame the new lifestyle for most cancers!
• Smoking, not exercising enough among biggest regrets
• Fear of bad breath 'halitophobia' affecting millions!
• "Most children are lonely but don't know it!" says Anupam Kher
• Healthy Japanese food gaining popularity in India